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Appendix 1.
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX.
(Area No. 2]
(Friern Barnet, Potters Bar. Southgate. Wood Green)
REPORT OF AREA. MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1953.
1. INTRODUCTORY.
The purpose of this report is to present to the
Committee an over-all picture of the work carried out in
the Area during 1953.
It will be appreciated that the report is, of
necessity, brief, and that it has only been possible to
touch on the more important aspects and statistics relating
to each section of the Area work. It will also be appreciated
that, to include the work of the School Health Service,
would call for a separate document. For this reason mainly,
the matter of the School Health Service has been for the
moment deferred, although I hope to be able to present a
statement to the Committee at a later date.
It would be true to state that the work carried out
by the Area Health Staff in Area No. 2 last year was relatively
uneventful. Opportunity has been taken to improve and
extend our services wherever possible, and to introduce newer
and more up-to-date methods. Minor changes in administration
have also taken place; the more important of these will
be referred to in the body of the report. Altogether, the
picture can, I think, be justly claimed to be one of steady
progress.
2. AREA STATISTICS.
Population 169,050
Friern Barnet 2$,260
Potters Bar 17,210
Sduthgate 72,110
Wood Green 51,470
Area (in acres) 12,$40
Friern Barnet 1,340
Potters Bar 6,129
Southgate 3,764
Wood Green 1,607